Flat-iron heater and holder.



Patented Dec. 4, I900.

' A. von cmaon. FLAT IRON HEATER AND HOLDER.

(Application med Sept. 21, 189

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Unit Frames AMALIE VON- CHIGOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLAT-IRON HEATER AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,117, dated December 1900- Applicati n fi e September 21, 1899. Serial No. 731,176- (No models To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMALIE voN CHIGOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Heaters and Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip' tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to heat flatirons.

The invention consists in a recessed flatiron, a table-bracket to support a flat-iron, a Bunsen gas-burner, a flat-iron havingahood or guard over the main body of the iron, a recess, and a supporting-plate.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the bracket and how the fiat-iron is held in place while being heated. Fig. 2 is a right-hand end view of Fig. 1 having the iron removed. Fig. 3 represents in elevation a side view of the flatiron, hood, and draft-holes. Fig. 4 is a perspective and cross-sectional view of the hood on line xof Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aright-hand end View of Fig. 3, showing the recess for admitting the bracket-burner or iron-supporter. Fig. 6 shows the skeleton frame of the iron with the guard removed. Fig. 7 represents in elevation a supporting-plate for heating any article, and Fig. 8 is an end view of the supporting-plate removed from the bracketburner.

A in the several figures represents a flatiron having a base A a heel A, point A handle A which is held in place by the bracketsA and screws A as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. The iron base A is provided with a recess A", as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, which is formed by the ribs A placed at intervals and cast integral with the base, as shown in Fig. 5.

B in the several figures is a guard or hood made to fit over the base, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and is held in place on the base by aid of the screws A, which pass through the guard and enter the screw posts or lugs A Fig. 6. This guard forms a protection, keeping the heat from reaching the hand of the user, and assists the draft of the flame of the burner through the medium of the holes B,

which are located near the base and at the top of the hood.

D in Figs. 1, 2, and 7 is a bracket provided with arms D and D which form a space for the table leaf or board 0. The bracket is held in place by aid of the thumb-screw D and plate D which is supported in the bracketlug D This bracket is provided with a Bunsen-burner tip D',which supports the flat-iron while being heated, as shown in Fig. l.

D is a passage through the bracket D for the gas and air necessary to feed the burner.

D is a loop having a recess D, as shown in Fig. l, which forms a passage for air to mingle with the gas it flows from the tip E to the holes D of the Bunsen burner D.

E, Figs. 1 and 2, is a gas-post-tube burner having tip E and stop-cock E which are supported by the loop D D Figs. 1 and 2, is a bracket having a trough D in which curling or other irons may be held while being heated. It is provided with a loop D which prevents the iron from tipping down.

F, Figs. '7 and 8, is a shelf-bracket having rings F, forming recesses F which are of sufficient size to fit on the burner D. That the shelf may not turn upon the burner, a recess D is formed in the flange D which receives the finger F as shown in Fig. 7.

D Fig. 1, is an arm extending out from the main bracket D and is provided with a hook D Fig. 2, on its free end, which engages with the handle part A of the iron and prevents it from slipping off from the burner. This arm D holds the fiat-iron upside down, which brings the base A in line of the upward action of the heat of the flame and heats it more readily than in an upright position.

The operation is as follows: The bracket D is seen red to any suit-able table or board. A rubber gas-tube is then connected to any gas pipe or burner and then slipped onto the post E. The gas is then turned on and the burner D lighted. The flat-iron A is then slipped onto the burnerand swung around until the handle A rests against the arm D and in the rear of the hook D. After the iron is properly heated it is swung around and removed.

When the plate F is to be used, it is slipped onto the burner, as shown in Fig. 7.

I do not limit my invention to a removable bracket-burner, as my burner may be secured to any gas-jet.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The bracket D, provided With the airinlet D, the air-passage D and a hook D a Bunsen-burner tube D supported by said bracket, said tube having a series of holes D along its side, and the flat-iron A to receive the burner-tube and a handle A to contact with the hook D as and for the purposewith the Bunsen-burner tube D for supporting and holding the flat-iron A, bottom side up and in a horizontal position and the ventilated fiat-iron A, having recess A for re-' ceiving the Bunsen-burner tube D, as seti forth.-

sen-burner tube D and having the recess D f for receivin the fin er F and the asas-j a: a 7 a p sage D leading into the Bunsen-burner tube D, in combination with the Bunsen-burner tube D for heating and supporting the fiat-2 iron A, bottom side up and in a horizontal position and the ventilated flat-iron A, having the recess A", as set forth.

5. The bracket D having an air-passage D a gas-passage D and a hook D in combi- '7. The bracket D, having gas and air passages and carrying a hook D and the Bunsenburner tube D mounted on the said bracket, in combination with a fiat-iron recessed to receive said Bunsen-burner tube when the iron is in an inverted position and having a handle to contact with the member D as set forth.

8. The bracket D, having passage D recess D finger D and gas-outlet E, in combination with the Bunsen-burnertuhe D, and flat-iron A, having hood B, provided with holes B, and handle-support A as set forth.

9. The bracket D, having passage D recess D fingerD and gas-outlet E, for supporting the Bunsen burner D, in combina tion with the Bunsen burner D, and fiat-iron A, having recess A stanchions A screwlugs A and handle-support A to hold the 4; The bracket D, for supporting the Bun- 2 flat-iron in areversed position as set forth.

10. The bracket D, having passage D recess D and Bunsen burner D, in combination with the plate F, having rings F, and finger F, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

AMALIE VON CHIGOR. Witnesses:

E. T. THOMAS, MARGARET KiissNER. 

